There Is No Art Without

There Is Weakness In Pretending To Know More Than You Know Or In Stating Less Than You Know.

Your Style Is The Way You Talk In Paint.

I Can Think Of No Greater Happiness Than To Be Clear-sighted And Know The Miracle When It Happens. And I Can Think Of No More Real Life Than The Adventurous One Of Living And Liking And Exclaiming The Things Of One's Own Time.

A Tree Growing Out Of The Ground Is As Wonderful Today As It Ever Was. It Does Not Need To Adopt New And Startling Methods.

Know What The Old Masters Did. Know How They Composed Their Pictures, But Do Not Fall Into The Conventions They Established. These Conventions Were Right For Them, And They Are Wonderful. They Made Their Language. You Make Yours. All The Past Can Help You.